Surname Pucak in modern Croatia

Pucak families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Novi Marof area.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Pucak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Breznicki Hum in Novi Marof area (20), Negovec (<10), Veliki Zdenci (<10), and in Greda (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pucak (including: Puzak , Puchacz , Puzach , Puzhak , Puchak , Putzak , Pucák and Puzack ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Pucak " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Turkey. "Puzak " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 200 in Ukraine , and some 50 people in Poland. "Putzak " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Renato Pucak, Miro Pucak, Marijan Pucak, Karlo Pucak, Ljiljana Pucak, Božica Pucak, Josip Pucak, Senka Pucak, Sanja Pucak, Renata Pucak, Darko Pucak, Vesna Pucak, Mladen Pucak, Ankica Pucak, Stjepan Pucak, Zvonko Pucak, Zdenko Pucak, Ivan Pucak, Josipa Pucak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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